Climbing Mt. Everest

Authors

Izabela Clarke, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2017

Keywords

artists' books, Mt. Everest, disasters, student artists' book contest, fourth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2020

Major

Apparel

Faculty / Course

Judy Maloney, Design

Materials + Techniques

Plexi, slate, cord, carabiner, paper

Student Narrative

This book aims to visualize the experience of climbing Mt. Everest during the first major tragedy that occurred on an expedition. In May of 1996, eight people died during an extreme snowstorm that quickly swept over the South Col at 7900 meters.

Photo Credit

Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018

Recommended Citation

Clarke, Izabela; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "Climbing Mt. Everest" (2017). 4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018. 3.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest4th2018/3